| It’s the simple things in life
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| But life ain’t so simple right
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| And times get hard and people can make you mad
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| But I remember when I was young
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| I couldn’t wait to turn 21
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| Sit in the backyard sun and drink beer with dad
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| Drinking beer with dad
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| Out there on the back porch swinging
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| Drinking beer with dad
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| Picking my guitar and grinning
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| We’d hem and haw, we’d cuss and fight
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| But that’s where I learned life’s best advice
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| We’d talk about when I was young and bad
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| Sometimes he’d make me fightin' mad
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| Best education I ever had
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| Was out there on the back porch drinking beer with dad
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| Nowadays most things have changed
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| This whole world is heading down the drain
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| There’s no God in schools
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| Toting guns is the latest fad
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| A little discipline would sure be nice
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| A little lesson in wrong and right
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| Maybe it’s time young man to have a beer with dad
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| Drinking beer with dad
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| Out there on the back porch swinging
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| Drinking beer with dad
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| Picking my guitar and singing
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| I’d play him songs all through the night
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| I’d praise the Lord I saw the light
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| We’d stay up late and make mom mad
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| But half the time we’d just laugh and laugh
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| Some of the best times I ever had
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| Was out there on the back porch drinking beer with dad
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| Now son I’m so damn proud of you
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| And the young man you’ve turned into
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| You’re the best son a father could ever have
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| And though your grandpa’s done past on
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| Soon you’ll be 21
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| So come on the back porch son and have a beer with dad
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| Drinking beer with dad
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| Out there on the back porch swinging
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| Drinking beer with dad
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| Picking our guitars and grinning
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| We’ll hem and haw, we’ll cuss and fight
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| But I’ll pass along life’s best advice
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| We’ll talk about your old granddad
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| The things he gave us he never had
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| I wish forever our time could last
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| I wish this world wouldn’t move so fast
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| Out here on the back porch
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| Out here on the back porch drinking beer with dad |